S-Pulse 2-1 Yokohama F Marinos (Pre season)

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S-Pulse 2-1 Yokohama F Marinos
Ota 10 ---------------------- Watanabe 23
Omae 78

Att. 7104

Line Up

GK K. Yamamoto

DF Muramatsu
DF Hiraoka
DF Bosnar
DF Ota

MF Omae
MF Iwashita
MF Ono
MF Edamura
MF Ito

FW Takahara

Subs Used

Nagai on for Bosnar (60)
Okane (yellow 80) on for Ito (80)
M. Yamamoto on for Ono (89)

Report

Ghotbi's S-Pulse rose to their first proper test today beating Yokohama FM 2-1 in Numazu.

I didn't go, working as I am to build up enough goodwill with the girlfriend that she'll allow me to traipse off around the country in the coming months. My absence on the terraces didn't faze the lads though, and we rounded off the pre season in solid if not spectacular style. Ghotbi's S-Pulse is starting to take shape and I'm really enjoying the changes after what nobody can deny as the rigidity of the Kenta years.

Like I say, I wasn't there, so I'll let the video speak for itself.

Video

Full highlights:

Pre-Season: S-Pulse 2-0 Niigata

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S-Pulse 2-0 Niigata
Johnsen 48
Fujimoto 61

Att. 6120

S-Pulse beat Niigata 2-0 on a sunny Sunday afternoon down Nihondaira.

Orange suits you, fella

Goals

Both from YouTube user ssnnddttyy's personal cam. First, here's Johnsen's opener:



And next, Jungo's cracker:

Pre-Season: S-Pulse 6-0 Shizuoka Sangyo University

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In a game of four halves, S-Pulse strolled to victory against the team of the local Sangyo University. The goals were spread between Nagasawa (2), Fujimoto (2), Edamura (1) and Omae (1).

With numerous changes being made throughout the match, many players got a run out, although our biggest names were rested. However, perhaps the most interesting thing was that we played a 4-3-3 formation throughout. I wasn't at our Miho training ground to see how it all worked, but it'll be interesting to see if this is a taste of things to come in 2010.

Kenta has always favoured 4-4-2, so we'll see what happens when the season starts up again in March.

S-Pulse v Albirex Niigata Pre-Season Match Announced

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It was announced today that we'll play Albirex Niigata in a pre-season friendly on Sunday February 28th. Kick off is 1:30pm at Nihondaira. Tickets go on sale on January 30th.

It's a shame we won't have a derby to help pass the closed season weeks, but Albirex will no doubt offer a better test of our 2010 team than Iwata could present.

Rumours are abounding that Jubilo refused to sign up for another instalment of the SDT Cup after last August's 5-1 humiliation. :-D